MAGIC WORDS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/18/2007. By David Kwong and Kevan Choset.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Treat for a dog (5): TBONE
6 Across: California's ___ Woods National Monument (4): MUIR
10 Across: Near eternity (5): AEONS
15 Across: Runner's place (4): SLED
19 Across: Moses' brother (5): AARON
20 Across: "___ cost to you!" (4): ATNO
21 Across: Civil War signature (5): RELEE
22 Across: Sinatra's "Meet Me at the ___" (4): COPA
23 Across: Organisation des ___ Américains (5): ETATS
24 Across: Calls the shots? (4): REFS
25 Across: Einstein's asset? (10): GREATBRAIN
27 Across: Acerbic rock/folk singer? (12): BITINGCROSBY
30 Across: Plenty (8): OPULENCE
31 Across: Like some garages (6): ONECAR
32 Across: Jim Palmer, notably (6): ORIOLE
34 Across: Graf ___ (4): SPEE
35 Across: "___ Tu" (1974 hit) (4): ERES
37 Across: Interminably (5): NOEND
39 Across: Shell alternative (6): SUNOCO
43 Across: Protest gone bad? (11): DEADLYSITIN
48 Across: The Henry who founded the Tudor line (3): VII
50 Across: Faulkner character ___ Varner (4): EULA
51 Across: Little ___ (3): UNS
52 Across: Manche's capital (4): STLO
53 Across: 15 minutes of tightrope walking and animal acts? (11): SHORTCIRCUS
57 Across: Sign up for more (5): RENEW
60 Across: By and by (4): SOON
62 Across: 1993 Super Bowl M.V.P. (6): AIKMAN
63 Across: Worked (up) (3): HET
64 Across: 1986 self-titled soul album (6): ARETHA
66 Across: Done in (5): SLAIN
68 Across: Con (4): ANTI
70 Across: Magic words ? or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle (21): NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT
77 Across: Fashion (4): MODE
78 Across: Percolate (5): LEACH
79 Across: Heretofore (6): ERENOW
80 Across: Doo-wop syllable (3): SHA
83 Across: Copy illegally (6): PIRATE
86 Across: Greeting with a salute (4): HEIL
88 Across: "Baloney!" (5): NOTSO
89 Across: Certain NASA probes? (11): SUNVISITORS
92 Across: Not docked (4): ASEA
94 Across: In the know (3): HIP
95 Across: Eastern royal (4): RANI
96 Across: Way-off (3): FAR
97 Across: Deer season hairdo? (11): HUNTINGPERM
101 Across: End of an act, maybe (6): SCENEV
104 Across: Person at court (5): BARON
106 Across: France ___ (Parisian daily) (4): SOIR
107 Across: Library indexing abbr. (4): ETAL
109 Across: Engine capability, slangily (6): HORSES
112 Across: Not stay alert (6): DROWSE
116 Across: Post-accident inquiry (8): AREYOUOK
120 Across: Troupe of suspects from "The Fugitive"? (12): ONEARMEDBAND
122 Across: Tennessee offense and defense? (10): TITANLINES
124 Across: Lead-in to girl (4): ATTA
125 Across: "___ Dream" ("Lohengrin" piece) (5): ELSAS
126 Across: Space: Prefix (4): ASTR
127 Across: Chocolate, e.g. (5): TREAT
128 Across: Fed (4): TMAN
129 Across: Fix, as a bow (5): RETIE
130 Across: Sore, with "off" (4): TEED
131 Across: Ones picking up things? (5): SEERS
132 Across: Psychiatrist's appt. (4): SESS
133 Across: Detect, in a way (5): SMELL

Down Answers

1 Down: Modern workout system (5): TAEBO
2 Down: Bring home? (5): BATIN
3 Down: Make a delivery (5): ORATE
4 Down: Saw (7): NOTICED
5 Down: Tangle up (7): ENSNARL
6 Down: French film director Allégret (4): MARC
7 Down: Unborn, after "in" (5): UTERO
8 Down: About to receive (5): INFOR
9 Down: "The Barber of Seville" composer (7): ROSSINI
10 Down: Sock pattern (6): ARGYLE
11 Down: Ending with ballad (3): EER
12 Down: Cooking staple (4): OLEO
13 Down: Certain tides (5): NEAPS
14 Down: Cons (6): SETUPS
15 Down: Airport worker (8): SCREENER
16 Down: Cadger's request (4): LOAN
17 Down: Anthony Mann's "The Fall of the Roman Empire," e.g. (4): EPIC
18 Down: Any King Christian I-X (4): DANE
26 Down: French flag color (4): BLEU
28 Down: Lady Jane and Zane (5): GREYS
29 Down: Blessings (5): BOONS
33 Down: Ballade ending (5): ENVOI
36 Down: Onetime French fleet (4): SSTS
38 Down: Dagger (4): DIRK
40 Down: "Yow!" (4): OUCH
41 Down: Word in many a Nancy Drew title (4): CLUE
42 Down: Hops-drying oven (4): OAST
43 Down: Boxer nicknamed "Hands of Stone" (5): DURAN
44 Down: Año starter (5): ENERO
45 Down: Good ___ (5): ASNEW
46 Down: Admission of defeat (5): ILOSE
47 Down: "A Confederacy of Dunces" author (5): TOOLE
49 Down: "___ come as no surprise ?" (5): ITMAY
54 Down: Title woman in a Woody Allen film (6): HANNAH
55 Down: River rental (5): CANOE
56 Down: Sequentially (6): INTURN
58 Down: Dict. info (4): ETYM
59 Down: First name in comedy (6): WHOOPI
61 Down: Hammer user (6): NAILER
65 Down: Some German imports (5): AUDIS
67 Down: Relative of -ian (3): ITE
69 Down: Logical start? (4): IDEO
71 Down: Font feature (5): SERIF
72 Down: Where an echograph is used in measuring (5): OCEAN
73 Down: Tricks are played in it (5): WHIST
74 Down: Words with house or move (5): ONTHE
75 Down: Polite refusal (5): NOSIR
76 Down: Soap time, maybe (5): TWOPM
80 Down: Georgia and others, once: Abbr. (4): SSRS
81 Down: Sen. McCarthy ally (4): HUAC
82 Down: "___ of the Thousand Days" (1969 film) (4): ANNE
84 Down: Run ___ (owe) (4): ATAB
85 Down: Literally, "instruction" (5): TORAH
87 Down: Rings of plumerias, e.g. (4): LEIS
90 Down: Napa sight (8): VINEYARD
91 Down: Cut off (5): SHORN
93 Down: + part (5): ANODE
98 Down: Defeats, in a way (7): UNSEATS
99 Down: Beams (7): GIRDERS
100 Down: "No ___!" (7): PROBLEM
102 Down: ___ Society (English debating group) (4): ETON
103 Down: Jumps (6): VAULTS
105 Down: Hen cages (6): ROOSTS
108 Down: Tours can be found on it (5): LOIRE
110 Down: Wonderland cake message (5): EATME
111 Down: Sp. women (5): SRTAS
113 Down: Devastate (5): WASTE
114 Down: Slowpoke (5): SNAIL
115 Down: Citation of 1958 (5): EDSEL
116 Down: Rat follower? (4): ATAT
117 Down: Progress (4): RISE
118 Down: Suffix with major (4): ETTE
119 Down: Orthopedic specialty (4): KNEE
121 Down: Staffs (4): MANS
123 Down: What barotrauma affects (3): EAR

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